Hamas hands over remains of dead hostages: ‘Very strange and morbid ceremony’

Hamas hands over remains of dead hostages: ‘Very strange and morbid ceremony’

[France24 Middle-East] - 02/20/2025

FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky describes Hamas’s handover ceremony in Gaza as “very strange and very morbid”. “One of the Red Cross officials simply refused to take part, signing a document and walking off stage,” she said, adding party-style music was playing in the (…)



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